Roma Locuta Causa Finita: Archbishop says Catholics need not worry about census figures

Roma Locuta Causa Finita. Latin for, 'the matter is settled by he who knows more.......Kampala Archbishop, His Grace Dr Paul Ssemogerere, has said he is more worried about Catholics, especially children, moving to other faiths, than by the portrayal by Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) that church numbers are declining.

The Archbishop said he personally had no doubt about the size of Uganda’s Catholic population because, he is overwhelmed by numbers when he goes out for baptisms, confirmations and weddings.

“I hope you saw the census results? They seem to indicate that the number of Catholics has reduced and many of you were concerned. I am not worried at all. The truth is that I am often overwhelmed by the number of children at baptisms,” Archbishop Ssemogerere told the congregation gathered at Rubaga on Sunday to celebrate the 58th Kampala Archdiocesan Day.

For confirmation, where it is the duty of the Bishop to anoint every child individually with oil, Dr Ssemogerere revealed that, nowadays he seeks help from priests to complete the ceremony.

“A Parish Priest recently even asked me to deploy more priests in his area. He told me that there were so many Christians, and he needed help to manage the big number,” he said, quoting Matthew 9:37-38, which says, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few’.

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